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Roger Parry was born on 1953 in London, United Kingdom, is a British pollster. Discover Roger Parry's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?

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Occupation Businessman, journalist
Age 71 years old
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Born 1953
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Birthplace London, United Kingdom
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Roger Parry Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Roger Parry worth at the age of 71 years old? Roger Parry’s income source is mostly from being a successful Businessman. He is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Roger Parry's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

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1953

Roger George Parry (born 1953) is a media and technology entrepreneur based in the UK.

He is chairman of a number of companies quoted on the London Stock Exchange including Oxford Metrics plc and YouGov plc.

He is the co-founder of the international marketing communications group MSQ Partners and of the television drama production company Chrysalis Vision.

He is a visiting fellow of Oxford University.

And is the author of six books and writes extensively on the media and associated topics.

He was chairman of the trustees of Shakespeare's Globe theatre for eight years.

He is a non-executive member of the board of directors of Uber.

Born in London, he was a pupil at Sutton Grammar School for Boys, and educated at the Universities of Bristol and Oxford.

1976

His first job in 1976 was as personal assistant to Charles and Maurice Saatchi, the founders of Saatchi & Saatchi.

1977

From 1977 to 1985 he was a television and radio reporter with the BBC, ITV and LBC.

He worked on the Today programme on BBC Radio 4, BBC News and Thames News.

1980

In the mid-1980s he was a consultant with McKinsey & Co.

He was there at the same time as Adair Turner, Howard Davies and Archie Norman.

In the late 1980s he was Development Director of the advertising group WCRS which became The Engine Group.

1990

In the 1990s he was part of the team that restructured Aegis Group and built up Carat the media buying network.

1993

In 1993 he was appointed the President of Carat North America.

1995

From 1995 to 1998 he was CEO of the UK media company More Group plc.

1998

In 1998 Parry was appointed as a Trustee of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre having been involved with the project since 1987 when he wrote the original business plan – whilst a consultant at McKinsey.

In 1998 Parry was one of the founding directors of Clear Media which has become one of China's leading outdoor advertising companies.

From 1998 to 2005 he was CEO of Clear Channel International which, at the time, was the World's largest operator in radio broadcasting, live entertainment and outdoor advertising.

2001

In 2001 Clear Media was floated on the Hong Kong stock market with a value of US$450 million.

Parry was Deputy chairman.

From 2001 to 2009 he was Chairman of Johnston Press plc, the UK's largest regional newspaper group.

Based in Edinburgh it owns more than 300 titles including The Scotsman and Yorkshire Post.

From 2001 to 2011 he was Chairman of magazine publisher Future plc (based in London, Bath and San Francisco) which owns more than 100 titles including Total Film, Digital Camera and Xbox Magazine.

2005

In 2005 he was appointed as chairman a post he held until 2013.

He was succeeded by Lord Falconer.

2006

In 2006 Clear Channel was taken private in a buyout valued at US$27 billion.

The live entertainment division was later floated as a new company under the name Live Nation Entertainment

2007

In 2007 Parry become Executive Chairman of international marketing communications group Media Square plc which he subsequently took private in a management buy-out in 2011 to create an employee owned business called MSQ Partners.

In 2023 MSQ was sold to private equity group One Equity Partners in a deal reported by the Sunday Times to be worth £170 million

2009

In 2009 he was commissioned by the UK's Conservative Party to write a report on the future of local media.

His proposals on local TV were subsequently adopted as Government policy by Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt.

2010

In November 2010 Parry was named by bookmakers Paddy Power as the 11/8 favourite to become the next Chairman of the BBC Trust – a role which in fact went to Lord Patten

2011

In both 2011 and 2012 Parry was the Chairman of the Global Festival of Media held in Montreux

2014

In February 2014 The Sunday Times reported that Parry along with entrepreneurs

And Luke Johnson had founded a company to produce television drama called Chrysalis Vision.

2015

In December 2015 they used the innovative crowdfunding platform CrowdCube to raise US$500,000 (UK£330,000) to fund operations.

2018

Parry was appointed as non-executive director of Uber on 6 April 2018.